[center][h3][color=fff79a]Lambda Lazuli[/color] / [color=bc8dbf]Kurogane Ookami[/color][/h3][/center]
[i]Location:[/i] The Grand Library
[i]Interactions:[/i] None

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[i]After crossing the row of stairs, Lambda and Kurogane reached the second floor. They would've stopped at the first one, but the wolf hybrid was so tempted to return back down and go after who done that noise that the white-haired boy had to drag him upstairs. With difficulties, of course, but he managed to do it... somehow.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"Haah... we're at the second floor. It should be OK to remove the muffs now."[/color] [i]Lambda spoke, trying to catch some breath.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"Why'd ya stop me? I was just gonna give some punches here and there until I find out the bastard who done it."[/color] [i]Kurogane said, removing the muffs and cracking his fists.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"Please, let's keep a low profile from now on and not disturb the remaining students. We've got a warning from the librarians, so let's not anger them furthermore."[/color] [i]Lambda said.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"That has nothing to do with ya or with those fuckers. It's between me and the piece of shit."[/color] [i]Kurogane complained.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"I'm already involved and I vowed for your stay here. Let's not waste that opportunity and just catch some breath for a second."[/color] [i]Lambda explained.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"Grr... fine, I'll stay put..."[/color] [i]Kurogane growled, but decided to go along with it.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"Good. Let's find a table and chat a little bit."[/color] [i]Lambda suggested.[/i]

[b][i]BGM:[/i][/b] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA9ozz04Nfk]Pascal (NieR: Automata)[/url]

[i]Lambda and Kurogane walked around the second floor, searching for a vacant table. They eventually found one, right at the furthest end of the floor, completely empty and without too many people surrounding them. They sat down and decided to chat.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"Did the sound stop ringing in your ears?"[/color] [i]Lambda asked, concerned.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"Yeah, it's gone. Here, ya can take yer muffs back."[/color] [i]Kurogane answered, giving him the muffs.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"I'm glad that it helped you. But what was it exactly? I wasn't able to hear it."[/color] [i]Lambda took the muffs back.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"One hellish dog whistle. It was horrible, kinda like a nail scratchin' on a blackboard, but worse than that. And because only dogs can hear it, I got affected by it."[/color] [i]Kurogane explained.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"I see... so those wolf ears and tail are real..."[/color] [i]Lambda commented.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"Wha, ya thought it was cosplay or somethin' like that too?"[/color] [i]Kurogane growled.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"No, no, nothing of the sort. It looks and feels too real to be a costume. I mean, I bumped on you back at the entrance, and your tail was certainly fluffy, like a real wold tail."[/color] [i]Lambda responded.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"Oh... wait, now that I'm lookin' at ya... yeah, you're the kid that bumped at me!"[/color] [i]Kurogane spoke, after taking a closer look at Lambda.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"Again, I'm really sorry for it. I didn't know where I was looking and I was too excited to get here, so..."[/color] [i]Lambda apologized again.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"Like I said, don't sweat it. Figures one of you Laurel paupers be excited to be in this dump."[/color] [i]Kurogane answered.[/i]

[i]Lambda took that as his way to end the conversation and decided to take a look around the second floor. Compared to the ground floor, it felt so more secluded and quiet. It didn't have much people flooding it, even if the library was at full capacity.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"Oi, why'd ya get so quiet?"[/color] [i]Kurogane asked.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"Oh, I was just examining the floor. It's so much quieter than the ground floor."[/color] [i]Lambda spoke.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"Ya like bein' alone?"[/color] [i]Kurogane asked again.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"Oh no, it's just that... I don't think people get here too often. I guess the subjects of more interest to people are on the floors below."[/color] [i]Lambda commented.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"Eh, I came here to hit some comics before headin' back to school. It's not like I have anythin' interestin' to do."[/color] [i]Kurogane commented, putting his feet at the table.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"You... shouldn't put your feet on the table. Someone might use it once we leave."[/color] [i]Lambda suggested.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"Like I care. These judgemental nerdies can go to the trash for as long as it matters to me."[/color] [i]Kurogane complained.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"Umm... OK then..."[/color] [i]Lambda decided to not press the matter any further.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"But speakin' of things that I care, I gotta ask ya somethin'."[/color] [i]Kurogane said.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"O-Oh! Sure, ask away."[/color] [i]Lambda responded.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"Why'd ya help me?"[/color] [i]Kurogane asked.[/i]

[i]Lambda didn't understand the reason behind the question. Was Kurogane asking him why he decided to help him? If so, why though?[/i]

[color=fff79a]"Umm... pardon, but what is exactly the question?"[/color] [i]Lambda asked him.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"I'm askin' ya why did ya decide to help me."[/color] [i]Kurogane repeated the question.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"Well, I helped you because you needed help. There isn't any reason to it."[/color] [i]Lambda answered.[/i]

[i]Despite being given the most simplistic and logical answer to why all of this happened, Kurogane still found himself dumbfounded by Lambda's apparent bravery on helping him. It didn't have a reason to sound weird, but he couldn't just believe what he just heard. Was Lambda ignorant to the relations between Laurel and Kiburi? Or did he just plainly disregarded everything and aided him just because?[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"... Y'know that I'm from Kiburi, right?"[/color] [i]Kurogane began asking.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"Yes, I do. There's a pin on your jacket identifying you as a student of Kiburi."[/color] [i]Lambda answered.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"And ya know that my school and yours aren't best buddies, don't ya?"[/color] [i]Kurogane kept asking.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"Well, I did hear some of my classmates speaking about how... unfriendly things are between our schools, but nothing extremely detailed."[/color] [i]Lambda answered, doubtful.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"Not to mention, I'm a punk. I ain't some goody-goody puppy who obeys the rules, I do what I want. Ya get that, right?"[/color] [i]Kurogane asked once more.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"I mean, you're the one who's describing himself as such. I don't know you that much to actually say a word about this."[/color] [i]Lambda answered, nervous.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"Then why didja help me?! I'm a total stranger, I could've thrashed ya in seconds! Your school hates mine!"[/color] [i]Kurogane asked his final question.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"Like I said, you needed help. So I helped you, without any specific reason."[/color] [i]Lambda repeated his answer.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"Wha...?! Aren't ya at least worried about what folks talk behind yer back, dude?! Ya should've just left me there!"[/color] [i]Kurogane kept trying to convince Lambda that he shouldn't have helped.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"There's no way, in good conscience, that I could just leave you there. With or without people talking behind my back."[/color] [i]All to amount to nothing.[/i]

[i]Kurogane still was shocked. Or rather, even more dumbfounded. "Good conscience"? Is this the reason why this Laurel student decided to help him? Out of some moral or ethic obligation he had? He couldn't believe in what he was hearing, not after everything he went through. Even his Master, despite showing him some kindness, wasn't exactly out of goodwill.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"... I saw my share of strange folks here an' there, but ya gotta be the least sane of all. Either you got some balls of steel, or some crazy savior bullshit to make ya extend a hand to a Kiburi, being from Laurel."[/color] [i]Kurogane commented, baffled.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"You're exaggerating. Anyone could've helped you."[/color] [i]Lambda said.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"Hell nah. Schools don't mess with each other unless it's a fight. It's a basic rule."[/color] [i]Kurogane said.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"But it's not like there's a rule that ban a student from helping another, is there?"[/color] [i]Lambda asked.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"Well... uhh... OK, I give ya that one, smarty-pants."[/color] [i]Kurogane answered.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"Then I'll just keep helping people, like I always do."[/color] [i]Lambda spoke.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"What are ya, a saint in pilgrimage or somethin'?"[/color] [i]Kurogane ironized.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"No, just a regular old student."[/color] [i]Lambda answered.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"... That was me, joking about ya."[/color] [i]Kurogane said, deadpan.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"Oh, sorry! I'm slow to catch up on these sorts of things, I didn't mean to ruin the joke."[/color] [i]Lambda apologized.[/i]

[i]Hearing that apology over a joke made Kurogane snicker and start laughing by himself, while Lambda looked utterly confused since his apology was very sincere.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"Oh jeez, kiddo... apologizing 'cuz I was joking with ya... pfft..."[/color] [i]Kurogane laughed.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"...?"[/color] [i]Lambda looked at him, confused.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"Ya know what, for a Laurel pauper boy, yer not half-bad. Not certainly my type of guy, but fun."[/color] [i]Kurogane said.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"Umm... I'm glad to hear that, I guess. You're a nice person too."[/color] [i]Lambda responded.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"Heh, says you. Ey, what's yer name? Unless ya want me to call ya "kiddo" all the time."[/color] [i]Kurogane asked.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"I'm Lambda. Lambda Lazuli, a first-year at St. Laurel's. It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Wolf."[/color] [i]Lambda introduced himself.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"No "Mr." and "Wolf", dude. Name's Kurogane Ookami. Just call me Kurogane, Lamb."[/color] [i]Kurogane introduced himself.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"Alright then. Wait, did you just call me "Lamb"?"[/color] [i]Lambda asked.[/i]

[color=bc8dbf]"Yep, I'm calling ya Lamb, like the sheep. Fits you, right?"[/color] [i]Kurogane spoke, smiling.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"Hehe. It sort of does."[/color] [i]Lambda answered, giggling.[/i]
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[center][h3][color=8882be]Zephyr Regrard[/color][/h3][/center]
[i]Location:[/i] Sir Clausewitz's School for the Militarily Minded, Faculty Office
[i]Interactions:[/i] None

[hider=The Menace No One Wants Around]

[i]Zephyr arrived at the faculty office. He was supposed to participate in the assembly for the reception of a new student like everyone but the teachers who would be present at the assembly decided to not have him around. Instead, he was sent to speak about his discipline around the school... or the lack of, so to speak.[/i]

[color=8882be]"... I've arrived."[/color] [i]He spoke.[/i]

[b][i]BGM:[/i][/b] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oScj9I0jlWA]Into the Dark Clouds (Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt)[/url]

[color=ed1c24]"... How many times must this keep happening until you're satisified, Zephyr?"[/color] [i]A girl asked.[/i]

[color=8882be]"I can't say. I've lost count."[/color] [i]Zephyr answered.[/i]

[color=ed1c24]"Always with the "can't say" answer. You're such a piece of work sometimes, I don't know why do I keep trying to vouch for you."[/color] [i]She complained.[/i]

[color=8882be]"You're the one who insists on doing this, [b]Melissa[/b]."[/color] [i]Zephyr answered.[/i]

[i]The person who was confronting him was none other than [url=https://i.pinimg.com/originals/93/da/60/93da604e26152e34e88e95eeb522ac55.jpg]Melissa Margrave[/url], a fellow classmate and a member of the Student Council, representing the Student Disciplinary Comittee. She and Zephyr were friends ever since their first year at Clausewitz's. However, Zephyr's actions made their friendship grow strained. As of now, their relationship stands on a thin line, ready to break at every second.[/i]

[color=ed1c24]"Well, I insist because I'm ordered to! Do you think that I enjoy staying here, at the faculty office, without a single soul except you?!"[/color] [i]Melissa argued.[/i]

[color=8882be]"If you don't like it, you can just stop. There's nothing blocking you from quitting."[/color] [i]Zephyr spoke.[/i]

[color=ed1c24]"May I remind you that I'm currently the only one who's able to put up with your antics because you're driving this place to become a sanatorium?! With a morgue and cemetery included?!"[/color] [i]She questioned him.[/i]

[color=8882be]"I'm doing nothing wrong. Like I said, you're the ones insisting in this foolishness."[/color] [i]Zephyr answered.[/i]

[color=ed1c24]"Nothing wrong? NOTHING WRONG?! You're seriously looking at me right now and you're trying to vouch for your innocence?!"[/color] [i]Melissa kept questioning.[/i]

[color=8882be]"Isn't this school supposed to be for the "military minded"? What fault do I have if people don't get strong?"[/color] [i]Zephyr answered with a question.[/i]

[color=ed1c24]"And you think that's your "trump card" to justify your little chaos?! This is a school to create soldiers, not a murder fest between students!"[/color] [i]Melissa argued.[/i]

[color=8882be]"You speak as if I actually done something like that."[/color] [i]Zephyr said.[/i]

[b][i]*BGM fades*[/i][/b]

[color=ed1c24]"Oh, don't you dare start the "play dumb" bullshit with me, Zephyr! You know exactly what you did!"[/color] [i]She slammed the table.[/i]

[color=8882be]"Ugh... here it goes..."[/color] [i]He said, complaining.[/i]

[b][i]BGM:[/i][/b] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO9Ov5nFTbk]Witch Trials (Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant)[/url]

[color=ed1c24]"The last punisher we had to bring over to control you, an innocent passing student in the morning... you almost got them killed!! And it wasn't just them, we have a list of people who escaped a worse fate by an inch!! I repeat, and I quote: A FUCKING LIST!!"[/color] [i]She screamed.[/i]

[color=8882be]"And that's my problem because...?"[/color] [i]Zephyr asked.[/i]

[color=ed1c24]"Goddamn you and your aloofness, don't you know the gravity of the situation?! The faculty is after the Student Council like harpies for us to fix your sorry ass!!"[/color] [i]Melissa explained, angry.[/i]

[color=8882be]"You missed the point, so let me be more clear. So my problem is that people aren't good enough to be interesting, is that it?"[/color] [i]Zephyr kept answering nonchalantly.[/i]

[color=ed1c24]"Son of a... do you know that the only reason you weren't expelled yet was because of the generous, and I mean GENEROUS amounts of money your parents pay to the school, just so that you can stay here and not get kicked out?!"[/color] [i]She kept saying in an angry tone.[/i]

[color=8882be]"Well, if playing the villain actually makes my life exciting, I might as well do it."[/color] [i]He answered.[/i]

[color=ed1c24]"You're not the center of the world, dumbass. There are other people around you, try to think about them! Like, your parents! Don't you want to give them a break?!"[/color] [i]Melissa questioned him.[/i]

[color=8882be]"They don't give me what I want, so why should I?"[/color] [i]Zephyr asked.[/i]

[color=ed1c24]"Oh for the love of... how can you be so damn entitled?!"[/color] [i]Melissa asked.[/i]

[color=8882be]"The same parents that pay this dump to keep me around are the same parents that gave me everything. Blame them for my entitlement, Melissa."[/color] [i]Zephyr answered.[/i]

[color=ed1c24]"... You seriously are the worst. I don't even know how exactly you and I are... well, "friends". I don't know if I go with that or with something else."[/color] [i]Melissa complained.[/i]

[color=8882be]"You know the way I function: I keep what I like, and I dispose of what I don't like. It has always been like that and it'll always be."[/color] [i]Zephyr said.[/i]

[color=ed1c24]"And the lives of other students, personnel and eveything else are just toys for you to play around?"[/color] [i]Melissa asked.[/i]

[color=8882be]"If you don't want that to happen, make sure people are actually prepared before they confront me."[/color] [i]Zephyr answered.[/i]

[i]Melissa was at a loss of words. She didn't know what else to say. This wasn't the first time, it's not going to be the last and God knows when it'll stop. Zephyr was a coldhearted menace who only cared about what he wanted in life. And to make matters worse, he was being kept around because the Regrard family doesn't want him back either. She was starting to lose her mind, trying to figure out a way to make the teachers and students feel more tranquil about living with him.[/i]

[color=8882be]"Anyway, are we done here Melissa? Can I leave now?"[/color] [i]Zephyr asked.[/i]

[color=ed1c24]"... Please do. If I talk one more word with you, I'm going primal."[/color] [i]Melissa sighed.[/i]

[color=8882be]"Fine then. Good day."[/color] [i]Zephyr spoke, leaving the room.[/i]

[i]After closing the door, Zephyr left back to his room. He still had some time before going to class. Melissa just sat in a chair, trying to contain her anger after another failure. She was getting tired of it. Not just because it seemed pointless, but because she had no more mind. She wasted years of dignity vouching for Zephyr, all for absolutely nothing. She always wondered what did she even mean to him, and didn't want to think about it at the same time. With a loud sigh, she looked at the faculty office's roof.[/i]

[color=ed1c24]"... If only a miracle... if only something could make Zephyr stop this..."[/color] [i]She spoke to herself.[/i]
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